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Boston Lyric Opera Announces Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists

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Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) has announced the 15th annual roster of Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists. The program spotlights a new generation of opera talent through a season of onstage performances, public programs, and collaborative projects. The 2025-26 class will be celebrated at the fall’s Opera Gala 2025 and featured in two major collaborations: a new digital video series with {…}
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Glimmerglass Festival Unveils 2025 Resident Artists

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Glimmerglass Festival has announced its 2025 Resident Artists. The program was formerly called the “Young Artists Program,” but will now be referred to as “Resident Arts Program.” “Our Resident Artists are the heart and soul of the Glimmerglass experience,” said Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley, per an official press statement issued by the company. “Their strength lies in the {…}
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Opera Parallèle to Present World Premiere of ‘The Pigeon Keeper’

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 Opera Parallèle will present the World Premiere of a co-commissioned opera, “The Pigeon Keeper.” The work by composer David Hanlon and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann will be shown three times at the Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture on March 7 through 9, 2025. The opera will be presented in one act with multiple scenes and performed without intermission. {…}
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Boston Lyric Opera 2024 Review: Mitridate

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(Photo credit: Nile Scott Studios) What can one expect from an opera that the one and only Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed when he was a mere fourteen years young? It is impressive considering the age of its composer and disappointing if we bear in mind what came next—like listening to Wagner’s “Die Feen,” Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” or even Puccini’s {…}
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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Slaylem: The Witch Trials’

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present “Slaylem: The Witch Trials” this October. The original drag opera created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth features arrangements by Dan Schlosberg of music by Britten, Ponchielli, Adams, Copland, Floyd Pedeerecki, Mozart, Donizetti, and Bellini, featuring newly written English Lyrics. The work is a gothic comedy that “dances on the grave of early American {…}
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Lawrence Brownlee to Headline Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Mitridate, Re di Ponto’

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Boston Lyric Opera is set to open its new season with Mozart’s “Mitridate, Re di Ponto,” an early opera seria triumph. The work, which will be presented between Sept. 13 and 15 at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, will showcase Lawrence Brownlee in the title role. The production will also include soprano Brenda Rae in the role of Mitridate’s fiancée {…}
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Lawrence Brownlee, Michelle Johnson, Diego Torre, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Brandie Sutton Headline Boston Lyric Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 204-25 season. The season opens with James Darrah’s production of “Mitridate.” The opera stars Lawrence Brownlee, Brenda Rae, John Holiday, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Angela Yam, Alexis Peart, and Charles Sy. David Angus conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 13 & 15, 2024 Michelle Johnson stars in “Aida,” alongside Diego Torre, Alice Chung, Brian Major, Stefan Egerstrom, Morris Robinson, {…}
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Sparks & Wiry Cries and National Sawdust Present Eighth Annual ‘songSLAM’

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Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, together with National Sawdust present the eighth annual “songSLAM.” The “songSLAM” is fashioned after traditional poetry slams and storytelling events like “The Moth.” Teams present world premieres of art song and compete for audience-awarded cash prizes totaling up to $2,000 and a performance of the 2023 songSLAM Commission Prize Winner. This year’s {…}
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Opera Parallèle to Present World Premiere of ‘The Emissary’

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Opera Parallèle has commissioned multi-faceted Japanese composer Kenji Oh for his very first opera along with prolific librettist Kelley Rourke to create an adaptation of “The Emissary.” The new family opera is based on the award-winning novel by celebrated Japanese author Yoko Tawada, featuring an English translation by Margaret Mitsutani. The new opera will be performed on Oct. 27 and {…}

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